Rev. Doug Forbes: Bulletin board fun

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Nov 17, 2010 at 12:01 AMNov 17, 2010 at 5:17 PM

Bulletin boards are fun to make, and they have many practical uses too. Children can place important notices, reminders and artwork on their bulletin boards. Bulletin boards reduce clutter and help young people to become more organized and remember important events. To make bulletin boards, you need: Bibles, Bible concordances, tacky glue, burlap, colored yarn, a stapler with staples and corrugated cardboard.

Rev. Doug Forbes

Bulletin boards are fun to make, and they have many practical uses too. Children can place important notices, reminders and artwork on their bulletin boards. Bulletin boards reduce clutter and help young people to become more organized and remember important events.

Cut cardboard into 12-by-17-inch pieces and cut burlap into 16-by-21-inch pieces. Center the burlap over the cardboard so that there is an equal overlap on all sides. Glue the burlap to the front of the cardboard and to the back overlap section. Your bulletin board should be 17 inches across and 22 inches down. Take a 26-inch piece of yarn and tie a 1-inch loop in each end. Staple the loops to the back of the top two corners of the bulletin board to make a hanger. Make a half-inch border all the way around the front of the bulletin board using glued yarn. Running the yarn around twice makes the border look even nicer. Ask your students to creatively decorate their bulletin boards with additional yarn. They could make a logo that reminds them of a favorite sport, hobby or Bible story. I love to ski, so I made a little skier on a hill for my decoration.

Break your class into teams and ask your young people to use their Bibles and concordances to discover important things in the Bible that we need to be reminded about. For instance, our world would be a better place if everyone followed the Ten Commandments. Read Deuteronomy 6:6-7 to your young people. Explain that it is their responsibility to remind our families of God’s love and truth, especially when they become parents.

Ask the children to turn in their Bibles to Luke 10:25-37, and have volunteers each read a verse until the entire passage has been read. Explain that the two greatest truths in the Bible that we need to be reminded of are to love God with all our hearts and to love our neighbors as much as we love ourselves. Have your young people share ways they could love their neighbors as much as they love themselves. Ask for several students to volunteer to close the session by praying that God will bless their neighbors.

The Rev. Doug Forbes coaches the ski and snowboard team at New Hope Christian Chapel in South Easton, Mass. He can be reached at easton@cnc.com.

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